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The Arrival (1996)

May 31, 1996 · 1h 55m

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894 votes on TMDB

The greatest danger facing our world has been the planet's best kept secret... until now.

Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.

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Top cast

  • Charlie Sheen Charlie Sheen Zane Zaminski
  • Lindsay Crouse Lindsay Crouse Ilana Green
  • Richard Schiff Richard Schiff Calvin
  • Ron Silver Ron Silver Gordian
  • Teri Polo Teri Polo Char
  • Phyllis Applegate Phyllis Applegate Mrs. Roosevelt
  • Tony T. Johnson Tony T. Johnson Kiki
  • Alan Coates Alan Coates Terraformer
  • Leon Rippy Leon Rippy DOD #1
  • Buddy Joe Hooker Buddy Joe Hooker DOD #2
  • Javier Morga Co-Worker
  • David Villalpando David Villalpando Cabbie
  • María Luisa Coronel Maid
  • Mónica Dionne Mónica Dionne Reporter #1
  • Alejandro Usigli Alejandro Usigli Reporter #2
  • Jacqueline Voltaire Reporter #3

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